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riversedge

(81,640 posts)
Tue May 26, 2026, 11:54 PM 13 hrs ago

...." ICE received seven times its annual budget. Congress cannot track it."...........




The ACLU Indiana framing holds up. Confirmed: $72 billion covering ICE, CBP, detention, deportation operations, surveillance technology, and enforcement partnerships - with no new accountability measures.

The accountability gap is already documented by sources across the political spectrum. The Cato Institute noted this spring that there is "virtually no comprehensive public accounting" of how $190+ billion already appropriated to DHS has been spent. ICE received seven times its annual budget. Congress cannot track it.

$72 billion more, through reconciliation, bypassing regular appropriations oversight, for agencies already operating beyond effective congressional visibility.

The action link in the ACLU Indiana post is live while Congress is at recess. This is the window.

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...." ICE received seven times its annual budget. Congress cannot track it."........... (Original Post) riversedge 13 hrs ago OP
This makes me sick. Deuxcents 13 hrs ago #1
Has anyone checked ... oldsoldierfadingfast 12 hrs ago #2
The Republican answer to the Freikorps! AZLD4Candidate 11 hrs ago #3
I want to know Seinan Sensei 10 hrs ago #4
The Trump Crime Syndicate pulling the greatest heist in US history. Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #5
Why in the world would anyone have voted for that...?? kentuck 6 hrs ago #6
That one slipped pass D.O.G.E.s nose. oasis 6 hrs ago #7
How the secret police spends its money is a secret DBoon 2 hrs ago #8
2. Has anyone checked ...
Wed May 27, 2026, 01:12 AM
12 hrs ago

the deep pockets of Republican Legislative, SC, and Administrative branch members, their families and friends for not only capital, but also receipts - gifts, travel, pay-offs, etc.

Irish_Dem

(82,506 posts)
5. The Trump Crime Syndicate pulling the greatest heist in US history.
Wed May 27, 2026, 05:19 AM
7 hrs ago

Taking as much money from the US taxpayer as they can grab.

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